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Patient Safety
Make sure you are on the invitation list for our next Call for Authors | Invitation for Patient Safety Journal. The publication series currently includes Patient Safety Papers 1. Patient Safety Papers 2. and Patient Safety Papers 3. All content (edited by Dr. G. Ross Baker) is freely available courtesy of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, The Health Council of Canada and the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation.
Will Pan-Canadian standards for our electronic health records leave Canadian Snow Birds out in the cold?
On the one hand, Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and partners have formed a task force to accelerate and promote the transition to a new set of “pan-Canadian” health information technology standards. It sounds like future Snow Birds could be left out in the cold if other countries don’t agree. On the other hand, Infoway appears to acknowledge that Microsoft and Google will be offering (with considerable clout) personal health records to Canadian consumers. See HealthEdition.com. So why not embrace an international standard? Pan-standards anyone?
Getting ready for Wal-Mart yet?
Wal-Mart Medical Clinics Fact Sheets. Download PDF.
Interprofessional Collaboration and more from the Health Council of Canada and CHSRF
Interprofessional Collaboration and Quality Primary Healthcare - just released
Managing for Quality and Safety - research theme – now available
Supply Chain 1
The 25-member Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario (CAHO) will launch a new capital equipment group purchasing initiative. Download PDF. Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 1:30pm at Mount Sinai Hospital. 600 University Ave, Toronto, ON. 18th floor Auditorium. Joseph Mapa, President and CEO, Mount Sinai Hospital presiding. Interested in attending? Please register with Sanober Motiwala at smotiwala@caho-hospitals.com.
Supply Chain 2
GHX honored 14 healthcare provider and supplier organizations with its GHXcellence Awards for achievements in improving supply chain performance. Two Canadian organizations were on the list: Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, and Johnson & Johnson Medical Products.
Ontario’s Central LHIN serves the largest population of all LHINS – no matter which way you look at it. See page 13 of this ICES report: Living and dying in Ontario: an opportunity to improve health information. Download PDF.
Healthy Children & Youth: Reach for the Top. A Report by Dr. Kellie Leitch, Special Advisor to Canada’s Minister of Health. Download PDF.
Blowing Our Own Horn – Longwoods website performance is tops.
Longwoods.com is in the top .5% of all websites as measured by traffic. To see Website comparative Traffic Rankings download PDF. Leadership career opportunities and a complete library of policy and best practices are two reasons for this success.
Calgary Health Region. CEO Jack Davis details the Region's access and capacity pressures. Transcript, slides, video and more. Click here
Capital Health Region, Alberta opens Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
Learning Opportunities in Vancouver
Introduction to Systematic Reviews course: June 9 - 13, 2008
Workshop: CIHR New Investigators competition
Conference: Re-Imagining Health Services: Innovations in Community Health
Longwoods Top 25 papers for the month of April 2008. Download PDF.
Last week’s most popular papers:
The 100,000 Lives Campaign: Crystallizing Standards of Care for Hospitals. Alice G. Gosfield and James L. Reinertsen
How High Is the Bar? Maura Davies: Commentary
A Conversation about Leadership and Quality with James Reinertsen and G. Ross Baker
In partnership with senior leaders in healthcare and government, Canada’s first Executive MBA designed exclusively for healthcare executives launched on April 3rd. Read more here.
DID YOU KNOW?
Breast cancer mortality rates for women aged 45 years and older are higher in urban Canada than in rural areas. More at CIHI.
SAVIEZ-VOUS QUE?
Le taux de mortalité des femmes de 45 ans et plus à la suite du cancer du sein est plus élevé dans les régions urbaines du Canada que dans les régions rurales.
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Healthcare Quarterly
Development of the Resident Assessment Instrument - Mental Health (RAI-MH)
John P. Hirdes, Mounir Marhaba, Trevor Frise Smith, Leah Clyburn, Lori Mitchell, Rita Ann Lemick, Nancy Curtin Telegdi, Edgardo Perez, Peter Prendergast, Terry Rabinowitz and Keita Yamauchi on behalf of the RAI-MH Group
A Statistical Survey of Canadian Forensic Mental Health Inpatient Programs
James D. Livingston
CIHR Research: Healing the Healers
Rémi Quirion
HealthcarePapers
Guest Editorial: Mental Health and the Workplace: Towards a Research Agenda in Canada
Alain Lesage, Carolyn S. Dewa, Jean-Yves Savoie, Rémi Quirion, John Frank
Discussion Paper
Nature and Prevalence of Mental Illness in the Workplace
Carolyn S. Dewa, Alain Lesage, Paula Goering, Michele Caveen
Researcher Response
Essential to Understand the Relationship Between Mental Illness and Work
Dave E. Marcotte
Discussion Paper
Workplace Prevention and Promotion Strategies
Michel Vézina, Renée Bourbonnais, Chantal Brisson, Louis Trudel
Researcher Response
Research Must Look at What Interventions Work as Well as When and Why
Michiel Kompier
Stakeholder Response
Industry Recognizes the Importance of Taking Action
Diane Parent
Discussion Paper
Mental Health and Mental Illness In The Workplace: Diagnostic and Treatment Issues
Ash Bender, Sidney Kennedy
Researcher Response
Organizational and Environmental Factors Can Influence Effectiveness of New Care Models
Nick Kates, Lindsey George
Stakeholder Response
Workplace Culture and Mental Health Are Interwoven
John Service
Discussion Paper
Disability Management, Return to Work and Treatment
Elliot Goldner, Dan Bilsker, Merv Gilbert, Larry Myette, Marc Corbière, Carolyn S. Dewa
Researcher Response
Research Priorities Are Critical
William H. Gnam
Stakeholder Response
For the Employer Productivity Is Critical
Paula Allen
Discussion Paper
Stigma and Work
Heather Stuart
Researcher Response
Important to Investigate the Dynamics of the Stigma Process
Matthias Angermeyer
Stakeholder Response
Best Practices in Workplace Mental Health: An Area for Expanded Research
Barbara Everett
Discussion Paper
What Does It Take to Transform Mental Health Knowledge into Workplace Practice? Towards a Theory of Action
Aldred H. Neufeldt
Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Mental Health in the Workplace in Canada, 1991-2002
Éric Archambault, Grégoire Côté, Yves Gingras
Nursing Leadership
Nurses and Workplace Violence: Nurses' Experiences of Verbal and Physical Abuse at Work
Angela D. Henderson
Emotional Intelligence: A Primal Dimension of Nursing Leadership?
Rosemary Herbert, Linda Edgar
Healthcare Policy
Education Level, Income Level and Mental Health Services Use in Canada: Associations and Policy Implications
Leah S. Steele, Carolyn S. Dewa, Elizabeth Lin, Kenneth L.K. Lee
World Health and Population
Social Stigma and Mental Health among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China: A Conceptual Framework and Future Research Needs
Xiaoming Li, Bonita Stanton, Xiaoyi Fang and Danhua Lin
Workplace Prevention and Promotion Strategies
Michel Vézina, Renée Bourbonnais, Chantal Brisson, Louis Trudel
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2008 Calendar of Breakfast with the Chiefs
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - Toronto
Dr. Alan Hudson
Dr. Alan Hudson is Lead of Access to Services/Wait Times for the Health Results Team, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
Topic: The Future of Healthcare Governance in Ontario
Location: Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, HP Canada, HPME - University of Toronto, Microsoft Canada, Ontario Hospital Association
October 22, 2008 – Toronto
Matt Anderson
Matt Anderson is the CEO - Toronto Central LHIN
Topic: Exceptional Patient Centred Healthcare: integrated, collaborative, accessible and accountable. The case for technology.
Location: Toronto
Sponsors: ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, HP Canada, HPME, University of Toronto, Ontario Hospital Association
For more information on upcoming speakers or to view past presentations click here.
See our most recent Breakfast with the Chiefs video: Glenda Yeates and Graham Scott in Conversation. Graham Scott is Chair of Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and Glenda Yeates is President and Chief Executive Officer, CIHI. Presented by Longwoods Publishing with ACAHO, Accenture, CGI, CIHI, Healthtech, HP Canada, Microsoft Canada, PHSA, Sauder School of Business
The small print: Subscribers do have more options. If you are a personal journal subscriber and represent public healthcare management, practice, education, research or policy you can attend any and all of the breakfasts. If you are a member of a commercial / service organization you have other options. Please contact Susan Hale for more information. Not yet a member, but would like to join Breakfast with the Chiefs? Contact Lina Lopez, for more information.
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With its theme, Inspiring Ideas and Innovation, HealthAchieve is Canada’s largest health care show, attracting thousands of hospital leaders and health care professionals from across the country. This year, HealthAchieve will be held November 3, 4 & 5 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Featuring keynote addresses from the Rt. Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Uwe Reinhardt and Dr. Mehmet Oz, HealthAchieve2008 promises to be a truly inspiring event! For further information, visit www.healthachieve.com.
May 7, 2008: Toronto, ON: CAHO Capital Equipment Group Purchasing Initiative Launch. On behalf of its 25 member hospitals, the Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario (CAHO) is pleased to launch its capital equipment group purchasing initiative at Mount Sinai Hospital. 600 University Ave, Toronto, ON. 18th floor Auditorium. Chaired by Joseph Mapa, President and CEO, Mount Sinai Hospital. To register contact, Sanober Motiwala at smotiwala@caho-hospitals.com
May 7, 2008: Ottawa, ON. The prestigious "Ottawa Evening 2008" Gala is being held in celebration of Canada's world-class achievements in health research. This year is the 20th Anniversary of Partners in Research (PIR) and gala proceeds will be dedicated to PIR’s celebrated Virtual Researcher on Call (VROC) educational project. For more details click here.
May 9, 2008. Mississauga, ON. Made in Ontario: A Showcase of Leading Practices in Child and Youth Mental Health (a conference in celebration of children’s mental health week). In partnership with leading mental health services organizations, this exciting one day conference will focus on learning more about leading practices in child and youth mental health that are currently being implemented and evaluated in service providing agencies across Ontario; networking and sharing leading practices with Ontario-based child and youth mental health service providers in similar or related sectors; and learning more about projects and activities that have been funded by The Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO and take away ideas about how you too can be a part of a culture shift towards evidence-based practice. For details click here.
May 9, 2008. Montreal QC. FAILURE TO RESCUE: Lessons Learned! Lives Saved! 26th Faye Fox Education Day at the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital with keynote speakers: Sean Clarke, N, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, Francine Girard, N, PhD, and Linda McGillis Hall, BAS, MScN, PhD. For details click here.
May 21, 2008: Toronto, ON. "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 94?". (SOG Education Day). Come and listen to Dr. Paul Williams, Professor of Health Policy, HPME, and to an expert panel respond to directions Ontario’s Local Health Integration Networks are taking around the “Aging at Home Strategy”. Dr. Williams will talk about a growing body of evidence suggesting that when appropriately targeted, managed, and integrated within a broader continuum of care, H&CC can go a long way toward meeting individual goals and improving system performance. He will also highlight findings from recent "balance of care" research projects in different parts of Ontario which are having an important impact on Aging at Home initiatives across Ontario. For details click here.
May 21-22, 2008: Richmond, BC. 2008 WHIN Symposium – "Envision Improvement: Integrative Thinking & Connectivity in Health Quality & Safety". The Western Health Care Improvement Network’s 2008 symposium will focus on the leadership strategy of integrative thinking and the issue of connectivity through electronic health records to support health systems improvement, quality improvement and client/patient safety. Early Bird Deadline is April 30, 2008. For details click here.
May 22, 2008: Toronto, ON. Centre for Outsourcing Research & Education (CORE) presents New Delivery Models in Healthcare. Featuring Yale Professor Theodore Marmor; Dr. David Gratzer, Physician and Author; a case study on Denmark's National Healthcare Portal; and Dr. Brian Day, CMA President. Call 416-366-2673 or click here for more information.
May 23, 2008: Toronto, ON. Working Together To Prevent And Manage Chronic Disease: Ideas, Innovation, and Insight. The Ontario Hospital Health Promotion Network (OHHPN) and St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto, are pleased to host this one-day conference for providers from across hospital, community health and social service, health promotion, public health, and long-term care sectors to work on practical relationships to provide an integrated, system response to chronic disease prevention and management. For details click here.
May 26-28, 2008: Gatineau, QC. 2008 CAHSPR Conference – "Bridging Silos". The Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research has developed 4 priority plenaries and has scheduled over 100 concurrent sessions for its national conference. The theme of the conference focuses on systems change, equity and knowledge to action. Early Bird Deadline is March 31, 2008. For details click here.
May 27, 2008, Toronto, ON - Patient Safety Leadership Walkarounds: How Organizations are Enhancing Patient Safety Culture. To find out more information, click here or contact Sean Molloy.
June 1-4, 2008: Halifax, NS. Public Health in Canada: Reducing Health Inequalities through Evidence & Action. The Canadian Public Health Association 2008 Annual Conference. The objectives of the conference include: showcasing innovative research, policies and practices that address the social, political, cultural, economic and environmental determinants of health; profiling strategies for building the capacity of population and public health at local, regional, provincial/territorial, pan-Canadian and international levels, and leverage the potential of partnerships and collaboration; and providing a meeting ground for knowledge exchange among public health practitioners, policy-makers, and researchers from a range of disciplines and sectors. For details click here.
June 2-3, 2008, Saskatoon, SK: National Healthcare Leadership Conference: The largest national gathering of health system leaders in Canada. The early bird registration deadline of April 18, 2008 is fast approaching, register today to benefit from the $695 (plus GST) rate. For program, registration, and accommodation information click here.
August 25-29, 2008: Vancouver, BC. 26th International System Safety Conference. The ISSC 2008 conference will provide evidence-informed, practical knowledge about how best to integrate new knowledge and practical applications of recent thinking about methods to achieve enhanced safety. The conference features opinion leaders from the fields of high reliability, resilience engineering and human factors including Richard Cook, a physician, educator, and researcher at the University of Chicago. The conference usually draws people from risk critical industries, such as aviation, the petro-chemical and nuclear power industries, and the military; and has increasingly been introducing themes of specific interest to health care. For details click here.
September 25,27, 2008: Ottawa, ON. International Conference on Residency Education. The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada invites you to a forum devoted to promoting excellence in postgraduate medical education. Hear Dr. S. Barry Issenberg, University of Miami, speak on The Future of Simulation: Emerging Trends. Discuss the integration of international medical graduates into the Canadian health care system. Join other clinical teachers, medical educators, program directors, postgraduate deans, postgraduate administrators, government leaders and policy makers, and researchers at the event. For details click here.
For our complete list of conferences and events go here.
Ontario Hospital Association conferences www.OHA.com/conferences
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario conferences click here.
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Dave Williams, a physician and astronaut who has logged ~18 hours walking in space, to Director for the new McMaster Centre for Medical Robotics at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton ON
Robert Ridge to President and CEO of the Canadian MedicAlert Foundation
Walter Kostantin to Board of Management for Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes, Kenora, ON
Patricia Harrison to Board of Management for Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes, Nippissing East, ON
Lynn Graham to Chair of the Community Care Access Centre, Champlain, ON
Sivam Vinayagamoorthy to the Board, Community Care Access Centre, Mississauga, ON
Erica Curtis to Member of the Local Health Integration Network, North Simcoe Muskoka, ON
Thomas Sarvas to Member of the Local Health Integration Network, North West, ON
Andy Molino to Ontario Health Quality Council
Maureen O'Neil to President and Chief Executive Officer The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
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Dr. Charles Czarnowski, a family physician at the Bruyère Academic Family Health Team, will receive the Order of Vasco Nunez de Balboa for leading the Bruyère-Panama Project which provides medical care to Panama’s indigenous population and collaboration between family physicians from the University of Ottawa and the University of Panama.
Ontario’s Smart Systems for Health Agency (SSHA) captured an Award of Merit for Employee/Member Communications from the International Association of Business Communicators. The Association received more than a thousand entries form thirty countries.
Cancer Care Ontario recognized with top award for Innovation in Health Information Management at 2008 Health Innovation Expo. Recognitions was for its Interactive Symptom Assessment and Collection (ISAAC) tool for patients. Read more about ISAAC
Dr. Samuel Weiss offered an AHFMR Scientist award - the highest level of award offered by the Foundation and worth more than a million dollars. A current research focus for Dr. Weiss is on the role that new adult brain cells play as triggers for mating. Dr. Weiss's achievements have changed the field of developmental neurobiology, with the proof that brain cell development continues throughout the lifetime of adult mammals. His discoveries into ongoing adult cell production may allow for the use of stem cells to repair brain tissue and allow for recovery from brain and spinal cord injury or disease. More.
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